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Spiral Play: Loving in the '80s

From October 18, 2017 — April 15, 2018

For 40 years, Al Loving experimented with materials and process to expand the definition of
modern painting, drawing on everything from free jazz to his family’s quilting tradition. In the
1980s, Loving broke free of the flat image, using heavy rag paper to make three dimensional
collages in brilliant colors. Spiral Play features 12 of these collages, some of them monumental
in scale. The work is radical, beautiful, and deeply human. In the artist’s words, “I chose the
spiral as a symbol of life’s continuity. It became an overall wish for everyone.”